Comment 77522

By CouldaWouldaShoulda (anonymous) | Posted May 29, 2012 at 15:38:14 in reply to Comment 77445

"Council needs to sit down and take a really good look at how we are going to increase our tax base in the moderately near future. The longer we put this off, the deeper we will spiral and it's going to get to the point where we won't be able to climb out."

While there's no question that Council by needs alone must be aware of how we're going to increase our tax base in the moderately near future, the problem is that a) they're locked-in to habts that are hard to break, b) they're influenced by people wanting to keep the status quo rolling (that is, developers by way of City Staff), and c) they're not going to learn a new language unless forced to.

We charge them with looking after things in the best ways possible. But this assumes that their skill sets and those resources at their disposal (City Staff) will get them to effect policy that provides progress towards what you're suggesting.

Um... Clearly that's not working, Those At The Controls are either unaware of how else to do things, are being wilfull in not doing things in those ways, or the forces being exerted on them to continue on this path are great enough to sustain the status quo. (That is, there's no resistance.)

So nothing will happen until there's another force exerting an obverse pressure that hasn't previously been seen all that often. (Save for when an incumbent gets turfed.)

This isn't rocket science. Actually, it's the science of leverage.

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